Enquanto Eles Dormem

Direction
Beatriz Seigner
Country
Sweden, France, Brazil
Format
Feature film
Type
Fiction
Original title
Enquanto Eles Dormem
Film presented in Toulouse

Los Silencios

Scenario
Beatriz Seigner

Beatriz Seigner

Beatriz Seigner is the writer and director of the feature film Bollywood Dream (2009),  the first coproduction between Brazil and India, selected for almost 20 international film  festivals (Pusan, Tokyo, Paris, Los Angeles, São Paulo, etc.) and of the documentary in post-production Between us, a secret, shoot with the griots (storytellers) of West Africa. As a  writer, she signs the script of Walter Salles’ developing film La Contadora de películas.

Filmography

Los Silencios (88 min) Brazil, Colombia and France
Directors Fortnight at Cannes 2018, San Sebastian, Biarritz, Brasilia, Rio IFF, Pingyao, Goa, Havana, Stockholm IFF, among others. Bollywood Dream (84 min) Brazil, India
Busan IFF, São Paulo IFF, Tokyo Dialogue of Cultures IFF.

Note of intent

I agree with John Casavetes when he says that all films are about love, in one way or another, and for me is a pleasure to imerge in this poli-love universe, and talk about something that is very dear and close to me: motherhood and a triple relationship. I believe through this film we can reflect upon human connections, feminism and woman polygamy, society, capitalism and its tabus and life controls, and that, after all, there is nothing more revolutionary and challenging than love.

Synopsis

How a triple love relationship can be lived among 3 parents of young kids, in a Brazilian society that has become more explicit religious, violent and conservative on the latest years? Julia, a 36 years old mother of Tito, 3 years old, who works as conflict mediator in Brazilian community and courts, reencounter a old friend love of hers, a successful black visual artist Irina, who is also mother of two young kids, and now is married to a French guy, and the three of them try to live and establish a triple relationship, while facing the challenging conservative Brazilian Society, at their kids school, their works and their families.

Visual concept

This is a contemporary love story that deepens into relationships dynamics to emerge social and political issues and reflexions. Our main reference is A Separation by Asghar Farhadi.

Objectives sought in Films in Development

Pitch the film to film funds and script labs.

Shooting planned date

2020

Planned shooting location

São Paulo (Brazil)

Percentage of funding in place
100 000 - 10%
Project's development phase

In development

Production
Miríade Filmes
Coproduction
Cine-Sud Promotion, Stockholm IFF
Producer's biography

Erica de Freitas has participated in the executive team of to Billi Pig, El ardor, A Man Who Flies… among others. She is Executive producer of the feature film Broken lives (2016) and Gloria and Grace. Currently dedicated exclusively to its production company, Encantamento Filmes coproducing this and others films by Beatriz Seigner.